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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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