Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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