Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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