Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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