Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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