Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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