Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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