Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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