Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the 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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