Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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