Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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