Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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