Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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