Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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