Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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