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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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