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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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