Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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