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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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