Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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