Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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