Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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