Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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