Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key 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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