Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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