Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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