Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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