Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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