Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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