Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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