Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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