Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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