Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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