Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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