Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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