Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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