Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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