Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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