Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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