Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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