Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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