Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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