Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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