Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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