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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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