Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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