Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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