Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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