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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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