Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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