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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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