Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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