Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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