Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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