Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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