Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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