Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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