Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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