Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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