Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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