Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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