Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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