Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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