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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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