Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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