Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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