Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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