Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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