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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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