Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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