Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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