Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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