Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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