Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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