Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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