Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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