Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews 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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