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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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