Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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