Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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