Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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