Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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