Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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