Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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