Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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