Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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