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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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