Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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