Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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