Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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