Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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