Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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