Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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