Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses 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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