Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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