Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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