Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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