Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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