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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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