Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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