Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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