Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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