Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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