Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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