Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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