Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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