Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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