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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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