Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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