Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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