Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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