Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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