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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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