Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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