Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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