Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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