Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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