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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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