Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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