Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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