Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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