Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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