Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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