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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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