Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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