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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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