Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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