Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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