Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable people 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. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education