Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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