Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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