Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Thailand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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