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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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