Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major 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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