Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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