Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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