Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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