Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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