Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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