Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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