Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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