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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major 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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