Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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