Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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