Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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