Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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