Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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