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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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