Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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