Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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