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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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