Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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