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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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