Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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