Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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