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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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