Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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