Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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