Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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