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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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