Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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