Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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