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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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