Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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