Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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