Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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