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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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