Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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