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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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