Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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