Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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