Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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