Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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