Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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