Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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