Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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