Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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