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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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