Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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