Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major 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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