Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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