Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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