Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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