Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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