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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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