Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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