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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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