Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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