Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education initiatives. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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