Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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