Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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