Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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