Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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