Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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