Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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