Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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