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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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