Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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