Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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