Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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