Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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