Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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