Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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