Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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