Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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