Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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