Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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