Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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