Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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