Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key 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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