Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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