Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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