Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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