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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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