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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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