Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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