Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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