Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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