Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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