Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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