Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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