Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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