Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning enable students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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