Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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