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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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