Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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