Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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