Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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