Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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