Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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