Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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