Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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