Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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