Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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