Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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