Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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