Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important 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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