Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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