Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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