Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about 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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