Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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