Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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