Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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