Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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