Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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