Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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