Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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