Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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