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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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