Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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