Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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