Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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