Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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