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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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