Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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