Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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