Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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