Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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