Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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