Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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