Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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