Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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