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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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