Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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