Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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