Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines 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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