Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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