Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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