Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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