Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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