Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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