Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always 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 online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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