Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education