Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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