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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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