Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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