Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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