Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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