Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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