Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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