Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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