Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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