Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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