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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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