Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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