Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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