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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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