Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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