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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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