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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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