Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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