Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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