Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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