Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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