Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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