Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. 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. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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