Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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