Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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