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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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