Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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