Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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