Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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