Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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