Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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