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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free 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 online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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