Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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