Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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