Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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