Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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