Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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