Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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