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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. 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. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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