Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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