Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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