Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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