Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches 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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