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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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