Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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