Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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