Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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