Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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