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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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