Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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