Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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