Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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