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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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