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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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