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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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