Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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