Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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