Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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