Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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