Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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