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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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