Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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