Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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