Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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