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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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