Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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