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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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