Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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