Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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