Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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