Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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