Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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