Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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