Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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