Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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