Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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