Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major 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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