Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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