Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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