Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Kuwait to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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