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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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