Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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