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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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