Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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