Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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