Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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