Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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