Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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