Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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