Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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