Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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