Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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