Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines 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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