Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that teachers 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 organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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