Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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