Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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