Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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