Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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