Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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