Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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