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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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