Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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