Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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