Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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