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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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