Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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