Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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