Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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