Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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