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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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