Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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