Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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