Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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