Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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