Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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