Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the 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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