Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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