Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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