Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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