Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take 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 MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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