Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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