Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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