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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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