Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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