Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. 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 MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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