Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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