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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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