Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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