Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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