Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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