Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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