Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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