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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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