Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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