Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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