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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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