Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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