Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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