Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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