Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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