Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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