Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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