Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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