Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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