Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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