Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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