Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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