Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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