Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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