Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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