Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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