Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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