Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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