Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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