Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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