Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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