Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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