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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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