Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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