Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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