Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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