Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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