Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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