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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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