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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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