Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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