Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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