Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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