Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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