Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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