Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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