Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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