Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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