Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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