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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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