Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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