Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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