Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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