Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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