Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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