Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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