Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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