Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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