Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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