Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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