Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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