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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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