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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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