Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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