Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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