Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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