Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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