Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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