Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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