Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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