Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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