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 and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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