Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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