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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important 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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