Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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