Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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