Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Abkhazia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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