Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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