Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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