Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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