Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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