Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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