Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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