Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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