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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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