Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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