Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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