Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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