Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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