Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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