Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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