Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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