Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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