Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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