Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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