Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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