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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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