Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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