Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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