Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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