Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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