Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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