Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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