Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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