Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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