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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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