Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources