Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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