Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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