Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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