Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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