Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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