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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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