Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning enable students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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